Atlantic News

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The Newfoundland and Labrador government will offer an apology to residential school survivors and their families in Nunatsiavut and Happy Valley-Goose Bay next week. Premier Andrew Furey will make apologies from Nov. 1 to Nov.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s premier cast doubt Friday on a corporate tax rebate that was a key promise in his party’s 2021 election platform.

HALIFAX — East Coast premiers are welcoming Ottawa's retreat from its carbon pricing policy in Atlantic Canada, saying it will help the region cope with heating costs that some residents are struggling to bear.

FREDERICTON — The New Brunswick government survived a non-confidence vote in the legislature on Friday, but Premier Blaine Higgs continued to hint that the province should be ready for an election at any time.

HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia legislature has held a moment of silence for the victims of the mass shootings in Lewiston, Maine.

HALIFAX — A $47.3-million program aimed at improving cellular phone service in areas of Nova Scotia without proper coverage is simply the start of a more costly multi-year project, the province’s public works minister says.

The Canada Border Services Agency issued Thursday an "armed and dangerous" alert to officers stationed along the Canada-U.S. border, warning them to be on the lookout for the man suspected of fatally shooting 18 people in southern Maine.

MONCTON, N.B. — A $17-million class-action settlement has been approved after plaintiffs alleged decades of mistreatment of psychiatric patients at the Restigouche Hospital Centre in northern New Brunswick.

FREDERICTON — In the weeks before the New Brunswick government decided to change its policy on sexual orientation and gender identity in schools, it received a deluge of emails and other communications critical of the guidelines.

HALIFAX — The RCMP say an awareness team has been visiting schools in Halifax to talk about the risks of illicit drugs after a teenager in the city died of a suspected overdose on Oct. 15. Cpl.